School profile
The Fusion Academy
Moore Road, Barwell, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 8AG
Overview
The Fusion Academy is a special / send school (free schools special) in Leicester, East Midlands, for pupils aged 7–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Free schools special
- Establishment group
- Free Schools
- Age range
- Ages 7–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 97
- URN
- 147858
Admissions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Academy trust or group
- OPEN THINKING PARTNERSHIP
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Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
2024/25 results
Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard
- School
- Suppressed by DfE to protect individual pupils
- England
- 62%
Pupils included: 5
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard
- School
- Suppressed by DfE to protect individual pupils
- England
- 8%
Pupils included: 5
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 25 April 2023 · Published 20 June 2023
Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)
Overall effectiveness
Good
This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Moore Road, Barwell, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 8AG
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
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